VE Day Ignites Quiet Bristol Observances
Bristol marks VE Day with factory bells and whistles but restrained celebration. War industries close for the day as people attend church services and observe prayers. President Truman calls for work and a national day of prayer on May 13.
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Bristol
Europe
Truman
Winston Churchill
J Howard McGrath
St. Mary’s
St Elizabeth’s
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St Mary’s Church
First Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
St Michael
Soldier Wounded in European Area
Pfc Joseph Cordeiro, 21, son of Mrs Artemezia Cordeiro of 26 Shaw Lane, was slightly wounded in Germany while serving with the Third Army and is hospitalized in France. He has served two years and has been overseas since October, with two brothers in the service.
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Joseph Cordeiro
Artemezia Cordeiro
Shaw Lane
Germany
Third Army
France
Pvt Cordeiro
Court of Honor to Honor Boy Scouts Leaders in Bristol
A public Court of Honor for Bristol County District Boy Scouts of America will be held May 10 1945 at 8 PM in Colt Memorial High School auditorium. J Harold Williams will MC with Jeremiah T OConnell presiding. district officials and nine scout units from three towns will attend and a parade precedes the event. The program includes a gold life saving honor for David Costa and Eisenhower medals for waste paper collection along with service badges.
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Bristol County
Boy Scouts of America
Colt Memorial High School
J Harold Williams
Narragansett Council
Jeremiah T O'Connell
Rhode Island Superior Court
Timothy J O'Neil
Scout Hall
Hope Street
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle
Franklin Street
High Street
Church Street
Church
Colt High School
David Costa
Bristol
National Court of Honor
Costa
Neice
Eisenhower
War Production Board
Industrial League To Organize Thursday
The Bristol YMCA Industrial Softball League will organize Thursday evening at 6:45 at the Y. Teams expected include U. S. Rubber Company Bristol Manufacturing Company Collins and Aikman Corporation and the Hi Y Club. An independent team is invited to join if they send a delegate. The final TAC event, a May Frolic, will be held Saturday evening at the Y with music by the Stardusters.
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Bristol Ymca
U. S. Rubber Company
Bristol Manufacturing Company
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Hi-Y Club
Hubert F. Hill
Stardusters
Collier Urges Internal Drive for Lasting Peace
Prof Theodore Collier of Brown University told Bristol Historical Society that a just peace requires total disarmament reparations and ethical renewal from within Germany. He favored the Dumbarton Oaks plan’s Economic and Social Council as key to suppressing international friction and building self rule.
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Theodore Collier
Department of History
Brown University
Bristol Historical Society
St Michael’s Parish House
Coller
Collier
Social and Economic Council
Dumbarton Oaks
Security Council
International
Economic and Social Council
Germany
Hidden German General Staff Lair Revealed Near Berlin
Russian report describes the underground German High Command near Berlin at Zossen. Telegr aph gear intact, panic among staff as Marshal Koneff’s forces captured the complex after orders to flee. Engineers hid, but warnings on machines urged restraint, showing staff loyalty collapse.
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Berlin
Zossen
Wehrmacht
Columbia Broadcasting System
Marshal Koneff
Chief of Staff
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